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Elasmucha grisea
Common & widespread in Britain & Ireland all year round.
These medium-sized shield bugs are usually brown-reddish, but there are also gray (hence the Latin species name grisea) and green-brown specimens.
The connexiva are black and white.
The upper side is covered with several dark dots.
The scutellum usually shows an evident black patch.
The ventral face is largely punctuated with black.
The lateral corners of the pronotum are simply beveled.
The front corners of the pronotum show a more pronounced tooth.
Antennae are blackish in the Male, dark brown in the Female.